Simone Dinnerstein - worthwhile

Any suggestions ?

I don't like her playing.

All show, no content

Bert, I like her playing very much.  It may not be for everyone but I find that she is very genuine and pure and she tends to follow her own heart (which is good in my books).  Her playing is quite straight forward and doesn't get exaggerated at all - pretty literal in fact but there is depth to it.  I doubt that she is at all interested in showmanship or pandering to a media circus and it is not the impression I get at all.  I wouldn't be interested in her if she did. 

I have most of her recordings including all the early recordings which was mostly chamber music (piano / cello) of Beethoven & Mendelssohn.   I don't know how much Bach you have in your collection but anyone interested in the keyboard works should start with the 2 and 3 part inventions.  I find this music very special and endearing since I was a child and would recommend this to you to try.  If you like it then keep going.

Thanks so far you seem to be the only one who speaks for her, anyhow not a lot of reaction on this thread. But I respect your classical insight so I will give it a try with the lady. Thanks for the tips.

 Just wanted to say that I have hundreds of pianists in my collection and Dinnerstein is just one of them.  I like her because she is very real, humble, and very intelligent.  This is often really the opposite of what turns many on in the entertainment (music) business.  This is what surprised me by the "all show" comment as this is certainly not even close to my impression.  In fact, the combination of being real, humble and intelligent often act as a deterrent to the masses as they look for someone getting all sorts of accolades, positive reviews and that is enough.  Along with this goes a certain arrogance and the air of showiness.  I don't see this in Dinnerstein.

Here below are clips giving just one example of many which I feel shows just how level headed and passionate she is about music.  This is very attractive to me and a breath of fresh air in today's world.

It is funny to me how musicians that are different tend to divide opinion.  I tend to like these musicians more so than the middle of the road kind who play it safely.  In Dinnerstein's case I do not mean that she has extreme ideas.  What attracts me is that she does have quite strong views on beauty and I happen to agree with many of her views.

Again, I would suggest for anyone to start with the 2 & 3 part inventions.  You should listen to them until you hear the 2 or 3 voices independently.  Once you can do this then you are ready to move on to most of the remaining keyboard works.  

I only listened to "Something almoist being said", which was to my ears romantised' in such an exagerated way that I could not continue listening to it and never bothered with her again. It was all made excessively sentimental and 'soft focus', which was far from my image of this music.

She might feel sincere out what she does, but I feel she misses the essence of this music.

You might be foregiving of pianists beyond the extreme, but I find not many pianists worthwhile nowadays.
They often have to find a way to be different instead of concentrating on properly representing the music.

She's just not my type of musician.

How is she when compared to Grimaud?

Hobson's choice?

I don't like Grimaud either , it's been year since I last heard something by Grimaud.

Yeah. I put Grimaud in all show and no substance but I keep trying.

I've got her latest Brahms Piano Concerto but haven't listened to it, yet.

Someone said she was very good when she started out on Denon label and slowly working her way down. 

certainly DG recording I have heard are relentless for my taste. ( all push push push and no pulls makes a very dull reading.)